Zoo

Today we went to the Washington Zoo. It was really neat; my favorite animals were the beavers and the llamas. The beavers had this idea that they had to make a dam, as if they were living in the wild. It was so fun to watch them try to get the sticks up their little fake river, I felt as if I could watch them forever. The llamas were very active when we saw them, running around and tying their necks together. They were just climb all over each other, scrambling up someone's neck or trying to ride on each other's backs. We also saw a big ol' honkin hippo that would do nothing but eat, a scary tiger that was roaring strangely the whole time we were watching it, and some really pretty peacocks. There was a group of wild deer that you could see from the zoo, two fawns and about 6 does, that were fun to watch.

Washington D. C.

Well, we've been out here in Washington D. C. for about two days now. (We arrived Monday, at nine-o-clock) The 3-hour time change hasn't affected me as much as I thought it would.

Mom and Dad and Ruth and I are staying at this great little bed and breakfast hotel with creaky wooden floors and nooooo elevator. If you opened the door to our room and started to walk in, you would be in this sort-of long doorway with a ladder built into the wall leading up to the attic. Take one more step and there would be a sink to your right. the doorway opens up into a large room that has three beds in it. At the far end of the room there are a closet and a bathroom. It's fun to use the bathroom because there's no sink there so you have to go way over to the doorway thingy when you're ready to wash your hands.

Yesterday we went to the top of the Washington Monument and to the Natural History museum with Mom.

The natural history museum was really cool, We saw crinoids that were three feet long, a big tank of tropical fish, and a sculpture of a giant jellyfish in the sea section. We saw the real Hope Diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, HUGE quartz crystals, and too much more in the endless corridors of the minerals section. We were all getting museum-itus by then.

The views from the windows of the Washington monument were spectacular. You could see so far, even when it was as foggy as it was then.

Today we went to the Air and Space museum and saw really cool things like the first plane that ever flew or the actual thing that landed on the moon. We saw this very interesting airplane that seems like it's made of toothpicks and plastic wrap. It's completely human powered, and the video of it shows it going about the speed of a bike three feet off the ground.

We also went to the Capitol building, but it's time to go to bed so Bye-bye.